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Le Corbusier
History & The Arts

Le Corbusier

...styles. In 1908, Le Corbusier went to work with Auguste Perret, the French architect who had pioneered the use of reinforced concrete, and then Peter Behrens, the German exponent of 'industrial design'. Behrens admired the engineer's ethic of mass production, logical design, and function over style, and Corbusier brought two of these early influences together in his...
Article 5 mins
What does the head of Ofsted do?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the head of Ofsted do?

...style of rhetoric, while pursuing “educational excellence” with quasi-religious zeal. Others, such as Sir David Bell, carried out their work in a far less overt manner. But in spite of their very different styles, all had one thing in common: they were familiar with the culture and contexts of education in England and all came from the UK. Ofsted was not set up to...
Why do volcanoes erupt?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do volcanoes erupt?

...styles of explosive eruption are determined by the relationship between volatiles and magma. Sometimes a volcanic conduit is choked by debris from earlier eruptions, and this is cleared out by explosive release of gas from an underlying magma chamber. Little or no fresh magma is erupted, and the tephra consists largely of redistributed fragments of older volcanic rocks....
How do I pitch an idea to a science editor?
Science, Maths & Technology

How do I pitch an idea to a science editor?

...style Use language that is in keeping with the publication’s style. Read several of its stories to find out as much as you can about its style and approach. Be unique and fresh Don’t pitch a story that another publication recently ran or that has already appeared in the outlet you’re pitching to – always do an archive search to check. If other, published stories...
Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...profile on social media such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok or X/Twitter (as well as LinkedIn) photos of you or that you, your friends or family have posted online anything you have written or that has been written about you; for example, on discussion boards, blogs or in articles. [Digital footprint] Figure 3 Digital footprint Activity 3 Uncover your digital footprint...
Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...et al., 2009). To do this, we need to develop generic skills that can be applied across the sciences. In practice, science is not just one thing. Scientific knowledge is produced by scientists working in a vast array of sub-disciplines (Schummer, 2009). In this short course you will encounter, among others: conservation biologists working to better understand how animals,...
Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
The distance between us
History & The Arts

The distance between us

...et al. (2014) describe a ‘meat paradox’: ‘Most people care about animals and do not want to see them harmed but engage in a diet that requires them to be killed and, usually, to suffer’ (2014, p.104). Loughnan et al. summarise recent research by arguing that the ‘meat paradox’ is resolved, or at least held in abeyance, by perceived differences between humans...
Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?

...et al., 2023). [Male gymnast on pommel horse] AI has the capacity to analyse large sets of data, such as analysing football players to allow automatic identification of dynamic attack formations which can support ‘tactical training’ (Sperlich, Duking, Leppich and Holmberg, 2023, p. 2). AI also affords opportunities for the identification of athlete talent, predicting...